New Technique Spots Pheomelanin in Pale Patients at Risk of Dangerous Melanoma

Melanoma cells imaged using CARS microscopy to visualize pheomelanin (top) and SFA microscopy to image total melanin content (bottom).

People with light colored skin, and particularly orange tinted redheads, have high levels of pheomelanin, a type of melanin, in their skin. It is correlated with amelanotic melanoma, a nasty skin cancer that’s (Read more...)

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